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So leise sind die grünen Wälder Unsrer Heimat, Die kristallne Woge Hinsterbend an verfallner Mauer Und wir haben im Schlaf geweint; Wandern mit zögernden Schritten An der dornigen Hecke hin Singende im Abendsommer, In heiliger Ruh Des fern verstrahlenden Weinbergs; Schatten nun im kühlen Schoß Der Nacht, trauernde Adler. So leise schließt ein mondener Strahl Die purpurnen Male der Schwermut.
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Authorship
- by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Gesang des Abgeschiedenen, in Abendland, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Abendland II", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl (Six songs on poems of Georg Trakl)) no. 3 (1919). [voice, clarinet, violin, and cello] [text verified 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Occident II", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Jeroen Scholten
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 60
Si tranquilles sont les forêts vertes de notre patrie, la vague cristalline venant mourir sur le mur en ruine et nous avons pleuré en dormant ; Nous nous promenons à pas indécis le long de la haie d'épineux, chanteurs dans le soir d'été, dans la paix bénie de la vigne brillant au loin ; ombres maintenant dans le sein frais de la nuit,aigles affligés. Un rayon de lune serre si doucement la tache pourpre de la mélancolie.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Gesang des Abgeschiedenen, in Abendland, no. 2
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-01
Line count: 14
Word count: 77